Chief Operations Officer and Lean Manufacturing expert with more than 20 years of strategic leadership in driving adoption of Operational Excellence practices, offering competitive advantages and the capability to deliver long term performance. A proficient leader with hands-on, lead by example management style fostering a culture of teamwork, shared mission, discipline and dedication to excellence. Industry and product experience includes Lithium energy storage solutions, cellular communications, and mobile communications products. Specialties:Strategic planning and deployment, Global Operations and Manufacturing Management, R&D Management, New Product Introduction, and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies development. Operations and Manufacturing management for Lishen-Miles Power Battery Systems Co., Ltd. Accountable for the commercialization of Lithium-ion energy storage products used in the Motive, Transportation, Solar, Wind and Power Grid markets. ·Managed strategies, initiatives, budgets and human resources in a manner commensurate with consistently achieving Corporate Goals & Objectives.·Mentored senior management teams to cross functionally deliver timely solutions based on disciplined analysis of goals, historical facts, and alternatives. ·Ground-up deployment of 750 MW of Lean, scalable and safe Tier-1 manufacturing capacity. ·On time design and delivery of innovative, safe and reliable EV-Auto, E-Bus, and Power Grid energy storage solutions to China’s leading automotive suppliers and State Grid operators, as well as other Asian, European and USA renewable energy enterprises. ·Established equilibrium between market demands, time to market, MOH, and margins, allowing the BU to offer premium safe solutions at competitive pricing.·Instituted a culture of Zero Tolerance to safety incidents. ·Ingrained a operating culture of personal integrity, commitment and results driven objectivity.

Accountable for two manufacturing sites in SuZhou, China, one for Lithium-ion cathode chemistry, and second for Lithium-ion energy storage solutions.·Fostered a knowledgeable, disciplined, multi-cultural management team focused on working in unison to establish and manage a foundation from which customer demand was satisfied, and corporate Goals and Objectives were achieved.·Adopted operational reviews as a tool for achieving and maintaining greater than 98%+ FTY, 0.2% scrap, 30% reduction in MOH and G&A operating expenses, 30% reduction in BOM cost, and 25% reduction in logistics cost.·Completed two expansion programs (on expansion, one ground-up) increasing annual production capacity by 10x. Thirty-five percent CapEx budget saved through optimization of existing manufacturing technology.·Leveraged Computer Aided Manufacturing tools (Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, Shop Floor Controller) for maintaining stability, and managing continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.·Developed efficient procedures and tools for seamlessly converting sales forecast into actionable Build Plans, which established targets for Supply Chain, Production, Inventory, and Logistics.·Mentored vendors in implementing best-in-class practices for managing material forecasting, production scheduling, preventative maintenance, product quality, and manufacturing overhead cost. Dividends were collected in terms of having access to reliable chains of on-time, premium quality and cost competitive raw material.